good thread this, many times ive thought what was that etc etc... but got 2 personal stories, 1 i will keep to myself but the story i will share with you all and will be brief...
i was only about 10 and my grandad had his 2nd heart attack and was in the norfolk and norwich hospital...
my parents and nan at the time felt i was too young to experince seeing my grandad and to understand it all so i was protected from it.
me and him were really close.. did nearly everything together where possible.. like he showed me how to change my 1st bike puncture etc etc...
the doctors told my family that the attack was so strong it was just a matter of time befor he passed but he was awake but very ill.
i remember walking with my mum and nan and saw my grandad in his hospital bed, my mum and nan hurryed me along, but he waved at me and wanted me to come across to him..
that never happened and that night he passed away...
i remember waking up in the night and seeing my mum crying in the living room at home and she told me what had happened..
to this day i have wondered what he wanted to and was going to say..
the next night was the interesting part as i remember getin up in the night, going back to bed and seeing my grandad stand in my bedroom door way, waved and disapeared.
to this day i have never told my mum or nan as i know how upset it would make them so i liked to keep it with just me { and now you guys! }
but every now and then after work i'll call in at the church and make sure the grave is tidy etc etc...
now the bit that made me realise it still happens....
october last year my wife told me she was pregnant! thought great as you do etc etc..
i was round my mums and just jokingly said, oh grandad can be my guardian angel for my first child...
that night when the wife was at work the dog was inside barking, thought next door neighbour about etc etc.. but when i went through to the bedroom there was my wifes ok! magazine on the bed with the scan of our 8 week baby scan just under the OK! title logo...
the magazine was left for a start on the floor and the scan picture was on the chest of draws because i remember putting then there clearing up!
so sceptic may be but that took some getting my head round... with a smile though.. so who knows? and sorry about not keeping this brief gents.